There are so any rumours surrounding Wayland the Smith, I’m not on about the mythology or the legend but rumours, It is well documented that wayland produced a number of “magical” swords through Geoffrey of Monmouth, one of these is the known AVALON sword, the light giving sword wielded by no other than Robin Hood. Avalon the place, is a known place of healing throughout the reign of King Arthur. What is unclear in the narrative is, did Wayland travel to Avalon to produce the sword or was the Avalon sword manufactured in Waylands smithy itself.
All of that aside, it is rumoured the Wayland produce the weaponry for king Alfred of Wessex and that is a rumour.
I can understand how this rumour came about; because King Alfred was a Wessex man, His mother lived only six or seven miles away to the south, Only two miles away is an encampment known as Alfreds castle, A title given by Sir Walter Scott on a visit from Scotland to Berkshire. Scott gave this Iron Age fort, the title because King Alfred’s mother lived in Lambourn only 4 miles away and he wrongly assumed that the fort was Alfreds’. There have been many assumption about the area based on King Alfreds mother living in the locality.
In the narrative that I produced I mentioned a lord of the manor who had an axe built by Wayland and he paid handsomely for this iconic bearded axe. It is believed that the lord of the manor was indeed King Alfred.
THE STONE CIRCLE OF LIFE Wayland welcomed the stone he found to rest against for the night, far better than the damp ground he had suffered with many days and nights afoot. As the dark dark night gave way to the first twinkling of day break, he gave a gruntled morn to the rising sun …
Among the myths that have endured the long passage from pagan memory to modern imagination, few are as haunting and evocative as that of Wayland the Smith. He is the unseen maker, the wounded genius, the shadowy presence at the edge of firelight. In the mythology of Northern Europe, Wayland is not simply a blacksmith; …
Wayland the Smith, also known as Wēland in Old English and Völundr in Old Norse, is one of the most enduring figures in the mythological and cultural heritage of Northern Europe. Revered as a master craftsman and enshrouded in mystery, his legend stretches across Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and Germanic traditions, stitched together from scattered fragments of …
The Rumour
There are so any rumours surrounding Wayland the Smith, I’m not on about the mythology or the legend but rumours, It is well documented that wayland produced a number of “magical” swords through Geoffrey of Monmouth, one of these is the known AVALON sword, the light giving sword wielded by no other than Robin Hood. Avalon the place, is a known place of healing throughout the reign of King Arthur. What is unclear in the narrative is, did Wayland travel to Avalon to produce the sword or was the Avalon sword manufactured in Waylands smithy itself.
All of that aside, it is rumoured the Wayland produce the weaponry for king Alfred of Wessex and that is a rumour.
I can understand how this rumour came about; because King Alfred was a Wessex man, His mother lived only six or seven miles away to the south, Only two miles away is an encampment known as Alfreds castle, A title given by Sir Walter Scott on a visit from Scotland to Berkshire. Scott gave this Iron Age fort, the title because King Alfred’s mother lived in Lambourn only 4 miles away and he wrongly assumed that the fort was Alfreds’. There have been many assumption about the area based on King Alfreds mother living in the locality.
In the narrative that I produced I mentioned a lord of the manor who had an axe built by Wayland and he paid handsomely for this iconic bearded axe. It is believed that the lord of the manor was indeed King Alfred.
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